Student Edition - July 3, 2024

From campus closures and fireworks shows to noise ordinances and safety tips, here are some things to keep in mind as we head into the Fourth of July weekend.
Campus Community
Feedback requested on updated sexual misconduct policy
The CU Boulder community is invited to review a revised draft of the Sexual Misconduct, Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking Policy, and provide feedback by Friday, July 12.
Fortepiano refurb is a labor of love
Piano Technician Mark Mikkelsen—who supports the care and maintenance of the College of Music’s fleet of 160 pianos, two harpsichords and an organ—used ingenuity to rebuild, refurbish and restore a donated fortepiano.
Research Updates
The hidden degree powering the internet
In an era of increased tech market turbulence, the network engineering field—the backbone of the internet—can’t fill jobs fast enough.
60 years after the Civil Rights Act, ‘the activism continues’
Sixty years later, the Civil Rights Act is still considered a landmark of U.S. legislation, but does it mean today what it did in 1964? CU Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed in the decades since the act was signed into law.
Women of color disproportionately targeted by book bans, study finds
The first comprehensive analysis of recent book bans in the U.S. reveals that characters and authors of color are more likely to be targeted by book bans than their white counterparts.
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Sustainability council discusses capital prioritization process, STARS
E-Center’s Dave Newport recognized by Green Sports Alliance
How to suss cheating hummingbirds? Look at their feet
CU Boulder, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost
Balancing fraught history and modern collaboration in America’s ‘best idea’
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